Savings-bank



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` I. D. PERRY. SAVINGS BANK.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 20, 1903.

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I. D..PERRY, SAVINGS BANK. APPLIGATION FILED APB. 2o, 1993.-

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UNITED STATES Patented March 1, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

IEA D. PERRY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIeNoR, BY MESNE ASSIGNL. MENTS, ro o. D. STEVENS, or MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

SAVINGS-BANK.-

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,305, dated March'1,`1904. Application filed April 20,1903. Serial No. 153,552. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern:V y

Be it known' that I, IRA D. PERRY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Savings-Banks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a type of savingsy bank consisting of a small receptacle provided witha slot or ingress opening through which pieces of money can be inserted and having y a door which can be unlocked and removed when the receptacle becomes lled or at any time when it may be desired to withdraw the l money.

Generally stated the object of my invention i is to provide a simple, compact, and eliicient swinging curtain composed of a number .of

bank of the foregoing character.

.A special object is to provide improved means consisting, preferably, of a small chamber provided with an improved arrangement of ingress and egress slots, the chamber and the slots combining to provide a circuitous passage leading to the interior of the receptacle and the said chamber being preferably provided with a bottom inclining downwardly from the ingress to the egress slot for preventing a withdrawal of the money through the deposit-slot. y

Thenature and advantages of Iny'invention will, however., hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective of a savings-bank embodying the principles of my invention, a portion of the top wall being broken away for the purpose of showing some of the interior parts. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the inner portion of the bank on line 2 2in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of. the bank lon line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of the bank on line 4 4 in Fig.

2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 5 5 in Fig. .4. Fig. 6 is a plan of another form of bank. Fig. 7 vis adetail' section on line 7 7 in Fig. 6. Fig. Sis a side elevation of the bank shown in Fig. 6, the upper portion .being shown in vertical section online 8 8 in Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8,

the section, however, being taken on line 9 9 in Fig. 6. Fig. l0 is a perspective ofthe bank shown in Fig. 6.v l

Referringto' Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, my improved savings-,bank may comprise a suitable Vreceptacle A, having a deposit ingress-slot a, a removable door a' for the withdrawal of the money, and a handle a2. The ingress-slot a preferably extendsthrough the side ofthe receptacle andterminates in a receiving-chamber B, whichlatter is formed between vertical side walls, an inclined bottom wall and .an inclined endwall Z2. Thus the ingressslot a; extends laterally and preferably at right angles from one side of the receiving-chamber B,.the latter having an outlet or egress slot Z22. opening laterally from its lowerend. This sections?, mounted for Aindependent movement on a pinrorsmall rodfi. This swinging curtain is protectedvby an kouter wall b5, -the curtain in this way being adapted. for swinging movement between this wall and the inner wall Z2. This chamber B, together with itswalls and the swinging curtain, are all preferably. carried by the removable door or cover a. Thus whenthe said doorv or cover isY removed the deposit mechanism is alsolremoved, the door or cover being. provided with a lock a3 of any suitable character. With this construction a coin may be placed in theslot a, and then by slightly tilting the bank the coin will slide and fall into thechamberB. At this juncture it will beseen that the inclination of the wall tends to prevent thecoin from wedging between this wall-andA the wall l culiar circuitous routethroughwhich the ycoin thus passes renders it practically impossible kto pick the bank-that is to say, toinsertahything through the deposity or ingressv slot in such manner as to` make it possi-ble to withdraw the coin through this slot. Should the bank be turned upside down or on its side, the swinging curtain will then prevent the coin in the bank from passing back into the chamber B.

Referring to Figs. 6 to 10, inclusive, it will `be seen that the construction is substantially the same as in the previous case. Like the bank previously described, the one shown in Figs. 6 to 10, inclusive, is provided with a deposit egress-slot C, which leads laterally into a receiving-chamber YD'. This receiving-chamber, like the one previously described, has an inclined bottom wall cl, a lateral outlet or egress d', and a swinging curtain cl2. In this case, however, the receptacle E is cylindric in form, and the deposit-slot, receiving-chamber, and, in fact, all of the deposit mechanism are carried by the removable top plate F. Such being the case, admission to the deposit or ingress slot C is obtained through the circular opening G, through which the coins are inserted `liatwise. This circular. opening also affords access to the lock H forl locking the top plate in place.

It will be seen that each construction involves a deposit or ingress slot opening later- 'ally into a receiving-chambery having an inclined bottom wall and a lateral outlet or egress slot. In each construction the deposit mechanism is mounted on the removable cover or door, so that when the said mechanism becomes defective the trouble may be easily remedied by supplying a new cover or door and without Withholding the bank, and in each construction there 1s a swlngmg curtain composed, preferably, of a number of independent sections, the curtain in each case being arranged to prevent the coin'from rentering the chamber having the inclined bottom wall.

If desired, the bank can be provided with a small opening I, adapted to permit the passage'of paper money and adapted yto prevent the withdrawal of said money by reason of its c edge being provided with inwardly-extending vsharp points c'. 1

' The inner and outer slots and the intermediate chamber with .the sloping bottom wall combine to provide a passage leading to the interior of the receptacle. The mouth of the outer slot is, it will be seen, arranged at an angle to the mouth'of the inner slot. This angle can be varied; but, as illustrated, the mouth of one slot extends at right angles to the mouth of the other slot. This is the pre- 'ferred construction and is a very effective one, inasmuch as it renders it practically impossible to in any way extract the money through the slots.

What I claim as my invention is-.

1. A money-receptacle, provided with a horizontal ingress-slot leading horizontally to and terminating in a receiving-chamber having an inclined bottom wall and a lateral egress-slot, 'said slots and chamber combining to form a circuitous passage leading to the interior of said receptacle.

2. A money-receptacle, provided with a horizontal yingress-slot opening laterally through the side of a receiving-chamber havinga permanently-inclined bottom wall and a lateral egress-slot, the said ingress-slot extending laterally and horizontally from the receivingchamber in a direction at right angles to the line of inclinationoi' said bottom wall, said slots and chamber combining to form a circuitous passage leading to the interior of said receptacle.

3. A money -receptacle provided with a 'round opening for paper money, said opening being provided with inwardly-proj ecting teeth to prevent the withdrawal of said money, said teeth being cut in the upper wall of said receptacle.

4. A money-receptacle comprising a suitable casing, a removable door for said casing, said door having a circular opening, a lock for said door to which access may be had through said circular opening, said opening being located directly over the keyhole of said lock,said door having a horizontal ingress-slot leading from said opening and terminating in a receiving-chamber having an inclined bottom wall and a lateral egress-slot, said slots and chamber combining to form a circuitous passage leading to the interior of said receptacle.

5. A money-receptacle provided with an opening for the admission of paper money, said opening being provided with inwardly and downwardly projecting teeth to prevent the withdrawal of said money, the said teeth being formed integral with the upper metal wall of said receptacle.

6. A money-receptacle provided with relatively large and relatively small chambers, the said relatively small chamber having a permanently inclined bottom wall, perpendicular side walls and an inwardly-inclined end wall, and having also an ingress-slot leading horizontally through one of said side walls, thev relatively small chamber being further provided with an egress-slot opening out from under said inclined end wall,said slots and relatively small chamber combining to form a circuitous passage leading to the said relatively large chamber.

7. A money-receptacle having relatively large and relatively small chambers, the said relatively small chamber having a permanently -inclined bottom wall, vertical side walls, and an inwardly-inclined end wall, and

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having also an ingress-slot leading horizonv of said end Wall, a plurality of independentlyswinging curtain-sections mounted on said rod and hanging in front of said egress-slot, and a i protecting-Wall arranged just outside ofA said curtain-sections.

8. A money-receptacle having relatively large and small chambers, the said relatively small chamber having a permanently-inclined bottom Walland vertically-disposed side and end walls, and having also an ingress-slot leading horizontally through the top of one of said Wall, and the said receptacle having also a removable door provided with a lock accessible only through said ingress-opening.V

l0. A money-receptacle having relatively large and small chambers, the said relatively small chamber being provided with a permanently-inclined bottom Wall and vertically-disposed side and end Walls, and having also an ingress-slot leading horizontally into the top of said relatively small chamber, the said relatively small chamber being provided With an egress-slot leading out through the bottom of said vertically-disposed Walls, the direction of ingress to said relatively small chamber thereby being at right angles horizontally to the direetion of egress therefrom, and the slots and relatively small chamber forming a circuitous passage leading to the said relatively large chamber. A

Signed by me at Chicago, .Cook county, Illinois, this 14th day of April, 1903.

IRA D. PERRY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. HICKOK, WM. A. HARDERS. 

